I think it stands for: TWAIN; The Way An Image Negotiates or is negotiable. To negotiate or communicate with other programs!
TWAIN has no acronym. The popular story behind the most common answer, is that while being pressed for an answer as to what it stood for, one of the people responsible for the creation of TWAIN, quipped "Technology Without An Interesting Name". However, there is no real meaning to it, it is just TWAIN.
Mark Twain was a writer and a speaker but not a stand up comedian.
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
A symbolic image is an image that represents something other than what it actually is. A dove can stand for peace for example.
No an air force cadet does not have to stand at attention when talking on the phone.
Your image shrinks
The band: Public Image Limited?
erect image is the copy of the object same as it appears.......for example stand in front of the plane mirror image seen is erect.
Tagged Image File Format
Its the size of the captured image, 35 milimeters.
The ISP is the image signal processor.
kelvins
Always thought it stood for "Image"